Economic illiterate and degenerate blowhard Bill O’Reilly went ballistic on his show the other night, screaming at liberal Fox News whipping boy Alan Colmes and shouting “bull-blank.” (Utterly ridiculous, bull-blank? Seriously?)
O’Reilly called Colmes a “liar” because he said that Colmes couldn’t name one program that has seen a reduction in spending even though Colmes repeatedly stated, Medicare, which saw a $10 billion dollar reduction in FY 2012 vs FY 2011. In addition, Medicaid was down by $23.7 billion, NASA down by $1 billion, Federal salaries (not a program, but still a target of fiscal conservative ire) down by almost $3 billion and there’s more. The numbers are there.
While O’Reilly did the typical bully job on meek Colmes, Colmes deserved it for doing the usual liberal/progressive thing of not having any facts to back up his arguments. The progressive leadership (of which Colmes is a part due to his media presence) is a BIG part of the reason why the movement is not going anywhere. It is easily countered or destroyed by the "bull-blank" conservative dogma.
Here's the video.
7 comments:
"Colmes deserved it for doing the usual liberal/progressive thing of not having any facts to back up his arguments."
Gee, the conservatives get away with not having any facts to back up their arguments all the time. That can't be it. What is the real problem?
faux "news" will be the death of this nation
i just left a bank that had 2 tv's hanging from the ceiling,1 had faux on it, our local mcdonalds has 2 tv's, one usually has faux on. the mcdonalds in a town 7 miles from here has faux on religiously(owned by same people)a sorry state of affairs, these people are fed a line of bullshit, and are making decisions based on bullshit, and in the process fuck not only themselves but the rest of society. sometimes i get the feeling we are so fucked
This is my favorite OReilly video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy-Y3HJNU_s
Do people actually watch such nonsense? The loud guy seemed emotionally disturbed. I hope his family convinces him to seek out help.
Bill, you're right, the conservatives don't have the facts. That's what's so frustrating. They're lobbing softballs to the progressives who could easily point out the lies and destroy the arguments with truth and fact, but instead, what do they do? They give, weak, emotional, arguments that seem immature and irresponsible. Why? The only answer is that they're lazy and/or cowards, who are married to a dogma that is ultimately self-defeating.
Hey, the only way to understand this stuff is Hofstadter http://studyplace.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/files/courses/reserve/Hofstadter-1996-Paranoid-Style-American-Politics-1-to-40.pdf
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